they still plot against us, see us as somebody they want to kill, in terms of as many american lives as possible. and in that regard, we're very focused on executing that mission. >> well, let's talk about that focus. general mcchrystal, our commander on the ground, is expected to release his report, his assessment of what's happening on the ground. will he request of this president more troops to fight in afghanistan? >> well, mcchrystal's assessment will come in here, i think, in the next two weeks. and his guidance was, go out, as a new commander, put a new team together, and come back and tell us exactly how you assess conditions on the ground. take into consideration the president's strategy. he's going to do that. his assessment will come in and there's an expectation we'll deal with resources after that assessment. >> well, but senator mccain is saying in an interview this morning that it will deal with resources. that he'll come back with high, medium, and low-threat assessments in terms of how many more troops you need. whether you need 15, 35, our 45,000 new additional troo